From new water systems and park upgrades to major drainage fixes, local mayors recap 2025 progress and outline 2026 plans to ...

Actor and campaigner Idris Elba has been knighted, while Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Matt Lucas, Richard Osman and ...

Nearly 1,200 inspirational people from across the UK have been recognised in the King's New Year Honours list for 2026. The ...

The death of evangelist Jimmy Swaggart was not only among the top Baton Rouge-area religion stories for 2025, but it also garnered national and international headlines. Swaggart, ...

The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus is excusing parishioners from the obligation to attend Mass during the Christmas season during heightened operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Pope Leo XIV has announced a pro-immigration pastor as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, which is home to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. On Friday, Pope Leo named Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, ...

A retired New York bishop has filed for personal bankruptcy protection in federal court after a state jury verdict found him, along with other officials, personally liable for the collapse of a ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks will be walking into the heart of the Catholic Church’s lingering sex abuse scandal when he grabs the reins of the Archdiocese of New York — and there are already questions over ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a bishop from Illinois as the new leader of New York’s Catholic archdiocese, succeeding conservative Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is retiring. Leo named Bishop Ronald Hicks, ...

Jesse Zanger is the managing editor of CBSNewYork.com. Jesse has previously worked for the Fox News Channel and Spectrum News NY1. He covers regional news around the Tri-State Area, with a particular ...

A little more than 13 years ago, Monsignor Lawrence Persico was ordained and installed as the 10th bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Erie. In November, Bishop Persico celebrated his 75th birthday, ...

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